Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-03
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
The State Legislature.


The State Legislature.
THE Senate not in session on the 18th
lin the House q resolution was adopted in
structng the Adjutant-General to fire a Ma
tional salute on Washington's birthday. But
little business was done other than the intro
duction of a few bills and the discussion for
couple of hours of the Railroad bill, which was
up for engrossment.
IN the Senate, on the 21st, the committee
Railroad bill was called up in the order of en-.
grossment, and was considered in committee OF
the whole, and pending debate on section the
committee rose, reported progress and the bill
went over. a number of new bills were intro
duced, among which was one for the creation
of a State Civil-Service commission In the
House Mr.. Jewett, of Shelby, introduced an aIt
propriate resolution on the death OF Mr.. w. M.
Dunn, late door-keeper of the House, which
vas unanimously adopted. committee was
appointed to accompany the body to Shelby
vile, the House to accompany the remains to
the depot in body. A resolution to bear the
funeral expenses also adopted. The Chair
appointed Messrs. Jewett, Dodd and Headlee
as the committee to accompany the remains OF
Mr. Dunn to ShelbyVille, and the House adj
journed.
IN the Senate, on the 22d, no business of i'm
portance was transacted beyond the discussion
of the Railroad bill, which consumed the ses-
sion. Without coming to a vote the Senate ad.
journed 49,. The House held forenoon and
afternoon sessions, but devoted most of its
time to the engrossing of bills. THE railroad
bills are the principal measures Of interest
pending in each body. The Senate proposes to
consider the bill before it from day to day I'M
til disposed of, and the House has made the
same bill a special order for tomorrow after
noon
IN the Senate, on the 23d the committee
railroads reported back the bill regulating the
rates to be charged by railroad companies for
passenger transportation with amendment
requiring children under six years of age to be
transported free. The amendment was agreed
to. The committee on appropriations reported
back favorably the bill appropriating $3.50, 001
for improvement of the State Capitol building,
with several amendments, which were adopted
and the bill ordered to engrossment. The bill
to establish a normal school at or near Mary
vile was passed by vote of 81 yeas to nays.
The bill prohibiting any dramshop-ke keeper from
keeping any gaming table, thing
or instrument of amusement what
ever in any dramshop, or in any room
or building adjacent thereto failed to pass by a
vote of II yeas to IA nays, and a motion to re-
consider was tabled The bill providing for the
execution of conveyances by sheriffs where the
purchase money has been paid, and subse-
quently the officer who should execute the con-
Veyance dies becomes disqualified, was
passed. as was also the bill to pay Mcdonald
County II, 622O9 deficit of school moneys for
1875 by reason of the failure of the county clerk
of that county to properly certify to the school
superintendent the enumeration of school chill
dren for that year In the House Louis. D.
Bolton was chosen doorkeeper The bill au-
thorzing Kansas City to extend her limits
passed The Railroad bill was taken up as the
special order, and, pending discussion, went
over till the 2ith. The entire afternoon session
was taken up in discussing the Militia bill.
which was finally ordered engrossed. The
Chair laid before the House the return to the
writ of the House in the Macklin- o Brien con-
test. The return shows that Macllir elect
ed by majority of nine votes.
TIE Senate the 24th, after the transac
ton of routine business, went into committee
of the whole on the Railroad bill. which occu-
pied the entire session the latter portion being
taken up in consideration of the third section
of the pooling bill of the joint committee,
and it was finally adopted without amendment.
lin the House the following bills were
passed: The Reform School bill: to authorize
the Governor to commute to Imprisonment in
the penitentiary the death sentence of crmi-
nails under eighteen years of age; to allow the
transfer of dr2nl-ShOp licenses; to permit any
physician who is authorized to practice medi-
cine to register as a pharmacist or druggist
without examination; 40 require school d-
rectors to qualify within three days after
their election and to organize within five days
and providing for the filling Of vacancies by
directors: to provide that the height of hedge
fences shall not exceed four feet and that the
posts of wire fences shall be sixteen feet apart:
providing that counties, where more than
court is held, shall be entitled to the Appellate
court reports. TO Qulet IlJleS OF real estate at
the end Of thirty ! 9srs against non-resi-
dents: requiring appellants TO the Supreme
Court and the Court of Appeals to
file Il transcript ten days before the meeting of
the court: authorizing the Governor to appoint
county trcasurers in of vacancy: authorz-
ing county clerks to destroy assessment lists,
merchants licenses, petitions for dramshopS,
etc, at the end of two years; giving county
courts power to appropriate moTey to complete
contracts for the Improvement of swamp
lands; to exempt implanted land in cities of
10000 inhabitants and less from municipal taxa
ton; to authorize cities of the fourth-class to
publish financial statements in newspapers;
to amend the homestead law by provi ing that
homesJeadS shall be subject to attachment
when the party holds under a deed from the
time that said deed is fled, but when he holds
by descent devise, from the time he becomes
invested with the title.
IN the Senate on the 25th, after the tranSac-
ton OF routine business, the Senate went into
committee of the whole on the Railroad bill,
and after discussion the committee rose and re-
amendments having been made. The Agricult-
ural College Appropriation bill
passed after hot debate with
only two dissenting votes. The bill appropriate
ing $4,000 for additions and improvements to
the Lunatc Asylum at Nevada was passed..
The House spent the entire day debating the
Railroad bill and the Buclner substitute there
for, and adjourned without making any prog
ress.